Photography book features more than 1,000 images from every corner of Michigan

December 8, 2013

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By Kathleen Lavey

Gannett Michigan

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This image of Grand Haven pier after sunset is among the photos published by father-and-son team Todd and Brad Reed in their book, 'Tuesdays with Todd & Brad Reed: A Michigan Tribute,' / Todd and Brad Reed

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Photographers Todd and Brad Reed had an engagement every Tuesday during 2012: photographing Michigan in each of its seasons.

The Ludington-based father and son are well-known for their photos around west Michigan.

“Tuesdays with Todd & Brad Reed: A Michigan Tribute,” expanded their geographic range — and is likely to extend their reputation as well.

It’s an eight-pound, 11x14-inch, full-color, 400-page book with 1,014 images from the western Upper Peninsula to southeastern Michigan and a lot of what’s in between.

“This was our first Michigan-wide venture,” Todd Reed said in their Ludington gallery. “We really put our heart and soul into it.”

Some of the assignments were meticulously planned, such as the visit to Lake of the Clouds on Oct. 2, the 40th Tuesday of 2012. Todd Reed said they arranged to arrive in the western U.P. for the peak of fall color season. The result is a stunning study in red, gold, orange and yellow.

“It’s a bucket list experience for those that love fall color and the grandeur of Michigan,” Todd Reed said.

Other assignments were more like hunting trips instead of thoroughly planned expeditions.

“We were also trying to find those ‘found’ pictures,” Todd Reed said. “What you find when taking the highways and byways in Michigan. The real high ground was in discovering places and sights you didn’t expect.”

Among his favorite photos is a January entry of a fisherman on the Pere Marquette River near Baldwin. Falling snow gives it an otherworldly quality.

Among his favorite places: Hartwick Pines near Grayling. The state park includes a stand of ancient white pine trees, and on their August visit they found a porcupine, towering trees and the remains of Michigan’s Monarch Pine, once touted as one of the state’s oldest, tallest trees.

What’s next?

They won’t say — yet.

“We have a couple of projects that we’re keeping under wraps right now,” Brad Reed said.